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  2. Gold coins stolen from 18th century shipwreck off Florida ...

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    The shipwreck gave Florida's Treasure Coast its name. ... Schmitt took three of the stolen gold coins and placed them on the ocean floor in 2016 to be found by the new investors of Queens Jewels ...

  3. Nuestra Señora de Atocha - Wikipedia

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    It was Fisher's son, Kane, who radioed the news to Treasure Salvors headquarters on the Florida coast, from the salvage boat Dauntless. [6] The salvaged coins, both gold and silver, were minted primarily between 1598 and 1621, although numerous earlier dates were represented as well, some of the dates extending well back into the 16th century.

  4. List of shipwrecks of Florida - Wikipedia

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    A Spanish galleon that sank 40 miles (64 km) off the coast of Key West. The wreck was found on 20 July 1985 by treasure hunters, who soon began to raise $400 million in coins and silver. The wreck was found on 20 July 1985 by treasure hunters, who soon began to raise $400 million in coins and silver.

  5. Mel Fisher - Wikipedia

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    The State of Florida claimed title to the wreck and forced Fisher's company, Treasure Salvors, Inc., into a contract giving 25% of the found treasure to the state. Fisher's company fought the state, claiming the find should be the company's exclusively.

  6. Florida treasure hunters find $4.5M in lost gold

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    You can't quite understand what he's saying in the video, but you'd probably be pretty excited too if you found $4.5 million in gold coins from a centuries-old shipwreck. In July, Brent Brisben ...

  7. Metal detecting, seeking buried treasure: Give these Treasure ...

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    Places to metal detect on the Treasure Coast of Florida, where to metal detect for 1715 Treasure Fleet The following is a list of suggested beaches and areas close to where the shipwrecks of the ...

  8. Urca de Lima - Wikipedia

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    Urca de Lima is a Spanish shipwreck (which sank in 1715) near Fort Pierce, Florida, United States.She was part of the 1715 Treasure Fleet, one of the numerous Spanish treasure fleets sailing between Spain and its colonies in the Americas.

  9. Labor Day weekend: Metal detecting, seeking buried treasure ...

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    The Treasure Coast got its name from a hurricane disaster involving 1715 Fleet, a massive shipwreck. Is there still gold at these Florida beaches?